REFERENCE
Introduce elementary students to Elizabeth Cady Stanton—an abolitionist and important figure in the suffragist…
Share the story of Neil Armstrong and the race to the moon with your students, and assign the related activities to help…
WORKSHEETS
Read about the life and career of beloved author and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel. This biography reading warm-up…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Yuri Alekseivich Gagarin, the first human ever to fly in space.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Italian inventor and painter Leonardo da Vinci.
Students will study the lives of individuals, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, who have positively…
Further students' understanding of technology and civilization through these reading comprehension and discussion…
Review key events in the life of Joan of Arc, particularly her role in the Hundred Years War, with this printable word…
Pupils will learn about Spoonerisms, instances in speech when the initial letters or syllables of words are switched,…
Use the children's book Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass to teach students about…
Share the story of Cesar Chavez's achievements with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn…
Develop research and composition skills with this Black Biographies activity for Black History Month (February) or…
This printable coloring book page features Jackie Robinson, the legendary African-American baseball player. Use this…
Enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance the teaching of John Hershey's Hiroshima, an account of the…
LESSON PLANS
Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.
Develop library-skills with this activity that focuses on biographies.
Learn about Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and parenting expert.
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…
Children read a short biography of the African-American inventor George Washington Carver, who discovered hundreds of…
Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…
Distribute a printable social studies and writing activity on Harriet Tubman that focuses on recognizing people…
Johnny Appleseed is an American folk legend who was also a real person.
Students read a biography of Abraham Lincoln, and then put together an illustrated book about him.
Students use this sheet to display information they collected while researching their personal history.